Completion of the National Human Rights Commission Next Chairperson Candidate Recommendation Committee Formation... Public Recruitment of Candidates
[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-ju] The Candidate Recommendation Committee for selecting the successor to Choi Young-ae, Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, whose term expires in September, held its first meeting on the 14th and began full-scale activities.
Amid great interest from human rights and civic groups, the public recruitment for candidate recommendations was conducted from the 31st of last month to the 4th of this month. The President nominated a final list of nine candidates after considering age, gender, activity region, and human rights fields, based on recommendations from organizations such as the Korean Bar Association.
The Candidate Recommendation Committee is chaired by Kwon Tae-seon, Chairperson of the Lee Young-hee Foundation, and includes Park Jin, full-time activist at Dasan Human Rights Center; Lee Sang-jae, Secretary General of Daejeon Chungnam Human Rights Solidarity; Lee Cheol-gap, Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Chosun University Medical School; Lee Han-sook, Director of the Migration and Human Rights Research Institute; Lim So-yeon, Secretary General of the Korea Independent Living Center for Persons with Disabilities; Jang Ye-jeong, full-time activist at the Catholic Human Rights Committee; Jung Mi-hwa, representative lawyer at Namsan Law Firm; and Hong Seung-gi, Professor at Inha University Law School.
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The Candidate Recommendation Committee plans to recommend individuals recognized as having professional knowledge and experience in human rights and capable of performing duties to guarantee and improve human rights fairly and independently as candidates for Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission. The candidate selection will be conducted through public recruitment, with applications accepted from the 15th to the 25th of this month.
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